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The National Bioenergy Center (NBC) was established in October 2000 to support the science and technology goals of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Biomass Program. Headquartered at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), this virtual center unifies DOE's efforts to advance technology for producing fuels, chemicals, materials, and power from biomass. The NBC has primary responsibility for carrying out the agenda of the Office of the Biomass Program of DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and other related goals. Collaborating with industrial, academic, related EERE programs, and other governmental research, development and commercialization efforts is central to that agenda.
Mission
The NBC fosters capability building in renewable bio-based fuels, chemicals,
industrial products, and power to catalyze the creation of new industries and supports
technical improvements in efficient and economical use of biomass in agriculture- and
forest-based industries.
NBC Organization
The NBC is composed of four technical groups and a technical lead for partnership development with industry, who coordinates partnerships with industry in the biomass, biofuels, biopower, and bio-based products research areas. Partnership development includes work performed at NREL under Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, Technical Service Agreements, Analytical Service Agreements, and Work for Others contract research for DOE's industry partners.
The NBC is a real center with a research organization housed at NREL, its lead laboratory, and a virtual center of biomass R&D efforts conducted at four other DOE laboratories. Each of the five laboratories has a designated "relationship manager" to coordinate its interactions with the Office of the Biomass Program within DOE and other DOE laboratories. Visit the Web sites of the other DOE laboratories to learn more about their research in support of the DOE Office of the Biomass Program.
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